Gemini

Remembering the Gutsy and Hilarious Apollo Astronaut Jim McDivitt

Former NASA astronaut Jim McDivitt, who commanded the important Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions – both crucial for NASA's…

5 months ago

Comet NEOWISE Was Spiraling and Spinning as it Passed by Earth

Earlier this week, we shared an image of Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. And now,…

3 years ago

America’s Pioneering Astronauts Honored with new ‘Heroes and Legends’ Attraction at Kennedy Space Center

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL - America’s pioneering astronauts who braved the perils of the unknown and put their…

6 years ago

Gallery: Spacesuits Are Amazing Human-Protection Machines

Did you know it's been nearly 50 years since the first spacewalk? On March 18, 1965, Russian Alexei Leonov ventured…

8 years ago

REAL Images of Eclipses Seen From Space

That 'amazing astro-shot that isn’t' is making the rounds of 'ye ole web again. You know the one. “See an…

8 years ago

Relive The Joy Of Spacewalking During America’s First EVA, 49 Years Ago Today

In five decades of spacewalks, we challenge you to find a set of photos that more fully represents the potential…

9 years ago

Direct Image of an Exoplanet 155 Light Years Away

Chalk up another benchmark in the fascinating and growing menagerie of extra-solar planets. This week, an international team of researchers…

9 years ago

Best Ever Astronaut ‘Selfies’

"Talk about a selfie!" wrote former astronaut Clay Anderson on Twitter yesterday (Oct. 1). He posted that comment along with…

9 years ago

The Epitome of Cool: Neil Armstrong and David Scott, 1966

So, you've just endured a harrowing experience where your orbiting spacecraft has gone wildly out of control. You somehow --…

10 years ago

Survival: Terrifying Moments in Space Flight

Space is a dangerous and sometimes fatal business, but happily there were moments where a situation happened and the astronauts…

10 years ago